Malampuzha Palakkad - Location : 10 km from Palakkad town, north
Kerala.
Malampuzha Palakkad - Attractions : Dam, amusement park, boating
facilities, rock garden and ropeway.
Malampuzha, a little township on the foothills of the Western Ghats
takes its name from the river Malampuzha. Nurtured by this tributary
of Kerala's longest river, the Bharathappuzha, Malampuzha is a lush
green town and has been a major tourist attraction for its trekking
trails and the large irrigation dam.
Around the reservoir of the dam are beautiful gardens and amusement
parks. Boating facilities are available on the lake. Other attractions
in the Malampuzha garden are the beautiful rock garden, the fish-shaped
aquarium, the snake park, the ropeway which takes you on an aerial
tour of the park, and the gigantic Yakshi (an enchantress) sculptured
by Kanai Kunhiraman, the leading sculptor of Kerala.
The most interesting feature of the rock garden is that the whole
place is made of unwanted and broken pieces of bangles, tiles, used
plastic cans, tins and other waste materials. The garden is a master
work of sculptor Padmasree Neck Chand Saini. His rock garden in Chandigarh
is world famous and attracts thousands of tourists every year.
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